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Tuesday, 28 October 2014

BBC News

• New Scottish flights to London beginThe airline Flybe starts new flights from Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness to London City Airport.
• Hundreds of redundancies for airlineStaff at Monarch airlines agree to 700 redundancies and pay cuts of up to 30% as part of a deal to save the Luton-based company.

The Herald

• Heathrow and Gatwick both bid for Scottish backingDELEGATES from Heathrow and Gatwick Airports have been courting the business community in Scotland to win support for their respective plans for expanding airport capacity in the south east of England.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Air link between Newquay and Gatwick gets govt supportInvestment has been pledged by the coalition to protect the air link between Newquay and London Gatwick. Some £2.5 million is being provided by the government, in addition to £300,000 from Cornwall Council, in a four-year deal to maintain the link, which contributes millions of pounds to the Cornwall and south-west economies. This marks the second public service obligation, following on from a two-year deal for the Dundee-London Stansted air link, which was announced in June 2014. UK aviation minister Robert Goodwill said: "Fast, frequent flights to the south west ...

Aviation Industry

• Newquay to Gatwick route receives £2.8m cash boostFunding means Flybe can continue operating the service
• Flybe launches London City routesAberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Exeter, Dublin and Inverness to LCY services start today